Rigid cohomology and its coefficients

Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Kiran S. Kedlaya Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology p-adic Geometry and Homotopy Theory Loen, August 4, 2009 These slides can be found online: http://math.mit.edu/~kedlaya/papers/talks.shtml Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 1 / 30

Overview Overview Rigid cohomology is the Weil cohomology for varieties X over a perfect (for ease of exposition) field k of characteristic p > 0 taking values in K = FracW(k). (In this talk, we mostly ignore integral and torsion coefficients. We also ignore ramified base fields, even though everything carries over nicely.) In this talk, we ll survey several different constructions of rigid cohomology. We ll also describe categories of smooth and constructible coefficients. In general, definitions can be more unwieldy than for étale cohomology: ensuring functoriality and various compatibilities can be awkward. But the resulting objects are more directly related to geometry. For instance, they are excellently suited for machine computation of zeta functions. Also, apparently links to K-theory can be made quite explicit. Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 2 / 30

Why rigid? Overview Basic idea of Tate s rigid analytic geometry over K (or any complete nonarchimedean field): the ring T n of formal power series in x 1,...,x n convergent on the closed unit disc is excellent ( noetherian). Define analytic spaces by pasting together closed subspaces of MaxspecT n. For a good theory of coherent sheaves, one must restrict admissible coverings to a suitable Grothendieck topology (hence rigid ). E.g., {x 1 MaxspecT 1 : x 1 p } {x 1 MaxspecT 1 : x 1 p } is admissible, but not {x 1 MaxspecT 1 : x 1 p } {x 1 MaxspecT 1 : x 1 > p }. Berkovich s alternate approach: replace MaxspecT n by a richer set with a realer topology, in which opens are defined by open inequalities. Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 3 / 30

Contents Contents 1 Constructions of rigid cohomology 2 Smooth coefficients 3 Constructible coefficients 4 References Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 4 / 30

Contents Constructions of rigid cohomology 1 Constructions of rigid cohomology 2 Smooth coefficients 3 Constructible coefficients 4 References Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 5 / 30

What we ll find Constructions of rigid cohomology For X of finite type over k and Z a closed subscheme, we produce finite dimensional K-vector spaces HZ,rig i (X) (cohomology with supports in Z) and (X) (cohomology with compact supports). H i c,rig These enjoy appropriate functoriality, excision, Künneth formula, Poincaré duality, cycle classes, Gysin maps, Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch, Lefschetz-Verdier trace formula, cohomological descent for proper hypercoverings, etc. Also available in logarithmic form. Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 6 / 30

Constructions of rigid cohomology Crystalline cohomology Modeled on Grothendieck s infinitesimal site (computing algebraic de Rham cohomology), Berthelot constructed a crystalline site consisting of nilpotent thickenings of Zariski opens, equipped with divided power structures. This gives a cohomology H i crys(x) with coefficients in W. If X is smooth proper, H i rig (X) = Hi crys(x) K. Deligne and Illusie gave an alternate construction using the de Rham-Witt complex WΩ X/k, a certain quotient of Ω W(X)/W carrying actions of F and V. See previous lecture. If X X is a good compactification with boundary Z (i.e., (X,Z) is log-smooth over k), one can define H i rig (X) = Hi crys(x,z) K. One can extend this definition using de Jong s alterations (since we ignore torsion) and lots of descent data. Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 7 / 30

Constructions of rigid cohomology Monsky-Washnitzer cohomology Suppose X is smooth affine. Let X/W be a smooth affine lift of X. The p-adic completion X along the special fibre computes crystalline cohomology. Monsky-Washnitzer instead form the weak completion X and show that HdR i (X K ) is functorial in X. For instance, if X = Speck[x 1,...,x n ] and X = SpecW[x 1,...,x n ], X = SpfW x 1,...,x n for } W x 1,...,x n = { while the global sections of X are W x 1,...,x n = a,b { i 1,...,i n =0 i 1,...,i n =0 c I x I : c I 0 c I x I : v p (c I ) a(i 1 + + i n ) b, }. Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 8 / 30

Constructions of rigid cohomology Monsky-Washnitzer cohomology: theorems Theorem (Monsky-Washnitzer, van der Put) Let f : A B be a morphism of smooth k-algebras relative to some endomorphism of k (e.g., Frobenius). (a) There exist flat W-algebras A,B which are quotients of W x 1,...,x n for some n, and identifications A W k = A, B W k = B. (b) Given any such A,B, there exists a continuous lift f : A B of f. (c) For any two continuous lifts f 1, f 2 : A B of f, the maps f 1, f 2 : Ω,cts A /W Ω,cts B /W are chain-homotopic, so induce the same maps H i dr (A K ) Hi dr (B K ). Note: A,B are unique up to noncanonical isomorphism. Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 9 / 30

Constructions of rigid cohomology Extension to nonaffine schemes using global lifts If X is smooth over k and admits a smooth lift X over W, one can glue overconvergent lifts to define Hrig i (X). One obtains functoriality between such lifts using the previous theorem plus a Čech spectral sequence. For example, if X and X are proper, then Hrig i (X) is the de Rham cohomology of the rigid analytic space X an K. This is Hi dr (X K) by rigid GAGA, but now it also has an action of Frobenius on X. If a smooth lift is not available, one can still define Hrig i (X) as limit Čech cohomology for covering families of local lifts (Berthelot, Arabia-Mebkhout), or by forming a suitable site (le Stum; see later). One can also define a more canonical lifting construction... Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 10 / 30

Constructions of rigid cohomology Overconvergent de Rham-Witt (Davis-Langer-Zink) For X smooth, there is a canonical subcomplex W Ω X/k (actually a Zariski and étale subsheaf) of the usual de Rham-Witt complex WΩ X/k, such that H i (W Ω X/k [1/p]) = Hi rig (X). E.g., W Ω 0 X/k = W (k[x 1,...,x n ]) consists of i=0 pi [y 1/pi i ] with y i k[x 1,...,x n ], such that for some a,b, p i deg(y i ) ai b. Problem Does this construction have any K-theoretic significance? Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 11 / 30

Constructions of rigid cohomology Extension to nonsmooth schemes: motivation Recall: to make algebraic de Rham cohomology for a scheme X of finite type over a field of characteristic zero, locally immerse X Y with Y smooth, then locally define HdR i (X) as the de Rham cohomology of the formal completion of Y along X. (Use an infinitesimal site to globalize.) Similarly define cohomology HZ,dR i (X) for Z X a closed immersion. Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 12 / 30

Constructions of rigid cohomology Extension to nonsmooth schemes: construction Now say X Y is an immersion of k-schemes, with Y smooth proper and admitting a smooth proper lift Y. Let X be the Zariski closure of X in Y. Let sp : Y an K Y be the specialization map. E.g., for Y = Pn k,y = Pn W, given [x 0 : : x n ] Y(K), normalize so that max{ x 0,..., x n } = 1; then sp([x 0 : : x n ]) = [x 0 : : x n ]. Then Hrig i (X) is the direct limit of de Rham cohomology of strict neighborhoods (a/k/a Berkovich neighborhoods, defined by strict inequalities) of ]X[= sp 1 (X) (the tube of X) in ]X[. Similarly define HZ,rig i (X). Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 13 / 30

Constructions of rigid cohomology Cohomology with compact supports For Poincaré duality, we also need cohomology with compact supports. We construct Hc,rig i (X) as the hypercohomology of the complex 0 Ω ]X[/K i i Ω ]X[/K 0 for i :]X X[ Y an K the inclusion. (This agrees with Hi rig (X) if X is proper, as then X = X.) Problem Give an overconvergent de Rham-Witt construction of the general H i Z,rig (X) and H i c,rig (X). Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 14 / 30

Constructions of rigid cohomology The overconvergent site (le Stum) Consider triples X P V, where X is immersed into a formal W-scheme P and V P K is a morphism of analytic spaces. Put ]X[ V = λ 1 (sp 1 (X)). A morphism (X P V) (X P V ) consists of morphisms X X,V V which are compatible on ]X[ V. We do not require a compatible map P P! The overconvergent site consists of these, after inverting strict neighborhoods: (X P W) (X P V) where W is a Berkovich neighborhood of ]X[ V in V. Coverings should be set-theoretic coverings of a Berkovich neighborhood of X in V. Cohomology of the structure sheaf computes H i rig (X). Problem Extend to H i Z,rig (X),Hi c,rig (X). Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 15 / 30

Contents Smooth coefficients 1 Constructions of rigid cohomology 2 Smooth coefficients 3 Constructible coefficients 4 References Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 16 / 30

Smooth coefficients What we ll find We construct locally constant coefficients admitting excision, Gysin maps, Künneth formula, Poincaré duality, pullbacks, finite étale pushforwards, generic higher direct images, Lefschetz trace formula for Frobenius, cohomological descent. Problem (Berthelot) Construct direct images under smooth proper morphisms (for overconvergent isocrystals; the convergent case is treated by Ogus). Problem Check the Lefschetz-Verdier trace formula (probably by reducing to log-crystalline cohomology using semistable reduction ). Problem Give a good logarithmic theory (for overconvergent isocrystals; the convergent case is treated by Shiho). Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 17 / 30

Smooth coefficients Convergent (F-)isocrystals Suppose X Y is an immersion, with Y smooth proper and admitting a smooth proper lift Y. Put Y = Y an K. A convergent isocrystal on X is a vector bundle on ]X[ Y equipped with an integrable connection, such that the formal Taylor isomorphism converges on all of ]X[ Y Y ]X[ Y ]X[ Y. This definition is functorial in X. E.g., for X = A n k, this is a finite free module M over W x 1,...,x n K such that λ i 1 1 λ i ( ) n n i1 ( ) in (m) i 1! i n! x 1 x n i 1,...,i n =0 converges for any m M and λ i K with λ i < 1. Theorem (Berthelot, Ogus) The category of convergent isocrystals is equivalent to the isogeny category of crystals of finite W-modules. These have good cohomological properties only if X is smooth proper. Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 18 / 30

Smooth coefficients Overconvergent (F-)-isocrystals An overconvergent isocrystal on X is a vector bundle on a strict neighborhood of ]X[ Y in ]X[ Y equipped with an integrable connection, such that the formal Taylor isomorphism converges on a strict neighborhood of ]X[ Y Y in ]X[ Y ]X[ Y. These can also be described using le Stum s overconvergent site (and probably also using overconvergent de Rham-Witt). E.g., for X = A n k, this is a finite free module M over W x 1,...,x n K such that i 1,...,i n =0 λ i 1 1 λ i ( ) n n i1 ( ) in (m) i 1! i n! x 1 x n converges for the direct limit topology for all m M and λ i K with λ i < 1. These have good cohomological properties if we assume also the existence of an isomorphism F : φ E E, where φ is a power of absolute Frobenius. (This also forces the convergence of the Taylor isomorphism.) Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 19 / 30

Newton polygons Smooth coefficients Over Spec(k), an F-isocrystal is a K-vector space equipped with an invertible semilinear F-action. For k algebraically closed, the Newton polygon is a complete isomorphism invariant (Dieudonné-Manin). That is, each F-isocrystal has the form r/s M e(r/s) r/s, where M r/s = Ke 1 Ke s, F(e 1 ) = e 2,...,F(e s 1 ) = e s,f(e s ) = p r e 1 ; the polygon has slope r/s on width s e(r/s). For de Rham cohomology of a smooth proper W-scheme, this lies above the Hodge polygon (Mazur). Theorem (Grothendieck, Katz, de Jong, Oort) The Newton polygon is upper semicontinuous, i.e., it jumps up on a closed subscheme of X. Moreover, this closed subscheme is of pure codimension 1. Problem (easy) If the Newton polygon of X is constant, then X admits a filtration whose successive quotients have constant straight Newton polygons. Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 20 / 30

Smooth coefficients Unit-root objects and p-adic étale sheaves On this slide, assume F is an action of absolute Frobenius. An F-isocrystal is unit-root if its Newton polygon at each point has slope 0. Theorem (Katz, Crew) The category of convergent unit-root F-isocrystals on X is equivalent to the category of lisse étale Q p -sheaves. Theorem (Crew, Tsuzuki, KSK) The category of overconvergent unit-root F-isocrystals on X is equivalent to the category of potentially unramified lisse étale Q p -sheaves. There is no such simple description for non-unit-root objects, which makes life complicated. There is an analogue of the potentially unramified property ( semistable reduction ). Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 21 / 30

Finiteness properties Smooth coefficients Theorem (Crew, KSK) For E an overconvergent F-isocrystal on X and Z X a closed immersion, HZ,rig i (X,E ),Hi c,rig (X,E ) are finite dimensional over K. Also, Poincaré duality and the Künneth formula hold. (These can be used for a p-adic proof of the Weil conjectures, using Fourier transforms after Deligne-Laumon.) Theorem ( Semistable reduction theorem, KSK) Let E be an overconvergent F-isocrystal on X. Then there exists an alteration (proper, dominant, generically finite) f : Y X and a closed immersion j : Y Y such that Y log = (Y,Y Y) is proper and log-smooth over k, and f E extends to a convergent F-log-isocrystal on Y log. The latter allows for reductions to log-crystalline cohomology. (Sibling theorem: de Rham representations are potentially semistable.) Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 22 / 30

Contents Constructible coefficients 1 Constructions of rigid cohomology 2 Smooth coefficients 3 Constructible coefficients 4 References Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 23 / 30

What we ll find Constructible coefficients A category containing overconvergent F-isocrystals, whose associated derived category admits direct/inverse image, exceptional direct/inverse image, tensor product, duality (the six operations). Also: local cohomology, dévissage in overconvergent F-isocrystals. Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 24 / 30

Arithmetic D-modules Constructible coefficients Over a field of characteristic zero, vector bundles carrying integrable connection can be viewed as coherent modules over a coherent (noncommutative) ring D of differential operators. This gives a good theory of constructible coefficients in algebraic de Rham cohomology, once one adds the condition of holonomicity to enforce finiteness. Berthelot observed that one can imitate this theory working modulo p n, up to a point. One does get a category of arithmetic D-modules whose derived category carries cohomological operations (including duality if one adds Frobenius structure). One sticking point is that the analogue of Bernstein s inequality fails. It can be salvaged using Frobenius descent, leading to a notion of holonomic arithmetic D-modules, but it was unknown until recently whether the resulting derived category is stable under cohomological operations. Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 25 / 30

Constructible coefficients Overholonomicity (Caro) Caro introduced the category of overholonomic (complexes of) F-D-modules; roughly by design, these have bounded D-coherent cohomology, and keep it under extraordinary inverse image and duality. Theorem (Caro) These are also stable under direct image, extraordinary direct image, inverse image. Moreover, any such complex has holonomic cohomology. Theorem (Caro) These admit dévissage in overconvergent F-isocrystals. (Such dévissable complexes are stable under tensor product.) Theorem (Caro, Tsuzuki; uses semistable reduction ) Conversely, any complex admitting dévissage in overconvergent F-isocrystals is overholonomic. Corollary: overholonomic complexes are stable under the six operations. Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 26 / 30

Constructible coefficients Overholonomicity and holonomicity (Caro) Using these results, Caro has established stability of Berthelot s original notion of holonomicity over smooth projective varieties. Theorem (Caro) The category of complexes of arithmetic D-modules over quasiprojective k-varieties with bounded, F-holonomic cohomology is stable under the six operations. Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 27 / 30

Contents References 1 Constructions of rigid cohomology 2 Smooth coefficients 3 Constructible coefficients 4 References Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 28 / 30

References (part 1) References P. Berthelot, Géometrie rigide et cohomologie des variétés algébriques de caractéristique p, Mém. Soc. Math. France. 23 (1986), 7-32. An old but beautiful exposition of the basic ideas. B. le Stum, Rigid Cohomology, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2008. The best (and only) introductory book on rigid cohomology and overconvergent isocrystals. B. le Stum, The overconvergent site I, II, arxiv:math/0606127, 0707.1809. The site-based approach to rigid cohomology and overconvergent isocrystals. P. Berthelot, Introduction à la théorie arithmétique des D-modules, Astérique 279 (2002), 1 80. A survey on arithmetic D-modules, but predates Caro s work (for which see Caro s arxiv preprints). Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 29 / 30

References (part 2) References P. Berthelot, Finitude et pureté cohomologique en cohomologie rigide, Invent. Math. 128 (1997), 329 377. The primary reference for cohomology with support in a closed subscheme. KSK, Finiteness of rigid cohomology with coefficients, Duke Math. J. 134 (2006), 15 97. Finiteness of cohomology, Künneth formula, Poincaré duality for overconvergent F-isocrystals. KSK, Fourier transforms and p-adic Weil II, Compos. Math. 142 (2006), 1426 1450. A rigid cohomology transcription of Laumon s proof of Deligne s second proof of the Weil conjectures. More references available upon request! Kiran S. Kedlaya (MIT, Dept. of Mathematics) Rigid cohomology and its coefficients Loen, August 4, 2009 30 / 30